One Piece: Why Did Orochi Send Kazenbo to Destroy Onigashima?
If you’ve seen the latest episodes of One Piece, you’ve probably noticed a flaming blob burning everything around it. The blob is, of course, Kazenbo, and we have already told you everything you need to know about it in a previous article, but since Kazenbo once again came into the spotlight, we have decided to talk about it once more. In this article, though, we will focus on the reasons behind Kazenbo’s destructive rampage, as we will tell you why Kurozumi Orochi commanded Kazenbo to destroy Onigashima in One Piece.
As it is known, Kazenbo’s main and only goal, the only reason why he was created, was to completely burn down Onigashima. This act of creation and destruction symbolized the “burning hatred” of the Kurozumi Family against all those that wronged them in Wano Country, which is also why Orochi asked Kanjuro to create Kazenbo in the first place.
The rest of this article will be about Kazenbo’s destructive rampage on Onigashima, as it happened in One Piece. We are going to introduce you to the reasons behind Kazenbo’s creation, as well as the reasons behind his rampage on Onigashima. This article will contain some spoilers, so if you’re not fully up-to-date with everything, you have been warned.
Orochi is tied to Kazenbo’s creation
Orochi, born 54 years ago, spent his early years in agony due to his grandfather’s sins, which caused his family to lose all authority and influence. Orochi lived in perpetual fear as a result of the residents’ persecution of him and his family. He was approached by Kurozumi Higurashi and Kurozumi Semimaru around 41 years ago. She told him of his grandfather’s failed attempt to become shogun by poisoning other daimyos, who were eventually apprehended and forced to commit seppuku.
Orochi accepted the old woman’s advice to acquire the title after being astonished by the idea of becoming a shogun. She advises her to amass a sizable sum of gold and create weapons in order to attract potent allies. The three executed Kurozumi Kanjuro’s family’s murderers in the same manner, and Orochi persuaded him to submit to him and begin assuming the guise of a vassal of Kozuki Oden. He does go on to become shogun and Kaido’s ally.
Orochi was responsible, in part, for the terror on Onigashima, and he was a loyal ally of Kaidou’s, although he always had plans of his own and some background plans he wanted to see come true. This would eventually cost him his favorable position with Kaido, but he remained a villain in the series nevertheless until his death, and that fact is closely related to Kazenbo’s creation.
Moments before his death, Kurozumi Kanjuro created Kazenbo, the fiery ghost-like entity, using his Fude Fude no Mi’s power to destroy Onigashima. Interestingly enough, Kanjur o himself would never have done this, but his relative, Kurozumi Orochi, asked him to do it because of his own goals. It was designed to represent the Kurozumi family’s “burning hatred” for those who attempted to harm them.
Kazenbo was, thus, drawn as a massive ethereal entity with the power to change its size so that it could take up nearly all of Onigashima’s immense floors. It has two glowing eyes at the top and is initially transparent at the bottom before becoming considerably darker and more impenetrable. The surface is likewise engulfed in large flames.
The hatred of the Kurozumi family, especially of the entity’s originator Kanjuro, is manifested as Kazenbo. Although initially all he did was go to the location that Kanjuro had planned, Kazenbo seems to have a conscience and personality of his own, as seen by his replies to Yamato’s attacks. By addressing Orochi as “Orochi-sama,” he has demonstrated his regard for the man. Kazenbo is engulfed in flames and can burn anything he encounters. Owing to its magnitude and difficulty to avoid, it can quickly demolish a huge region because it is so hard to avoid. But we have already talked about this, so we won’t be repeating it here.
The Kurozumi family wanted revenge
Now, we have said that Kanjuro created Kazenbo at the behest of Orochi. Both were members of the Kurozumi family, and while Kanjuro did not have any additional plans while dying, Orochi used him for his own goals. Namely, the Kurozumi family was, from Orochi’s perspective, wronged by the people of Wano, which is why he wanted revenge. The Kurozumi family hated Onigashima, and Kazenbo was supposed to be the family’s ultimate revenge against the people of Onigashima, as Kazenbo was created to destroy it and everything, as well as everyone, on it. This is why Yamato needed to stop Kazenbo from reaching the explosives. But what happened to the Kurozumi family?
The Kurozumi family was one of the six most influential in Wano and ruled one of its regions. Since the previous shogun had no heirs and therefore began a feud between the five daimyos, Orochi’s grandfather decided to poison his opponents to seize power. Still, his plans were discovered after the birth of Kozuki Sukiyaki. The killer was forced to kill himself, while the rest of the family was deprived of their property and fell into poverty. A group of executioners persecuted its members, beating and killing them, even throwing them into the river.
Many years later, Higurashi revealed the truth to Orochi and offered him the Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamata no Orochi. He also explained to him the plan details that would have led him to become shogun by exploiting the nation’s resources to obtain powerful allies. Orochi then asked Kanjuro to become one of Oden’s followers, informing him of his every move. Thirty-nine years before the start of the narrative, he got hired by Yasuie, who robbed him, and then asked Oden for many loans.
Twenty-six years before the start of the narrative, he used Higurashi’s powers to make Sukiyaki believe that he had Oden’s approval and the daimyo that Orochi would be the shogun regent during the heir’s absence. Sukiyaki was then locked up in the palace room containing the Poignee Griffe, and Orochi became a shogun. Twenty-six years before the beginning of the narration, Orochi allied with Kaido, thanks to the intermediation of Higurashi, becoming a dictator. Three years later, Oden did come back to Wano and joined Orochi to take revenge for what he had done in his absence, but to no avail.
Eighteen years before the start of the narrative, Oden and his minions tried to bring the nation out of isolationism, but thanks to Kanjuro’s information, Orochi learned of the plan and informed Kaido, who intercepted the group at Udon and defeated it. Following the capture, the emperor killed Oden in the flowery capital, and his castle was set on fire. Orochi then made all martial arts dojos illegal and confiscated the weapons of citizens, with the exception of samurai, to avoid possible riots. Tama was orphaned and tried to earn money to eat. When she met Hitetsu, she trained to become a kunoichi.
Two years before the start of the narrative, Orochi and Kaido began trading weapons made in Wano Country with the Smiley. The shogun, tired of the lamentations of the inhabitants of Ebisu who mourned their dead, hid the defective Smileys, from which only one bite had been detached, among the waste of the Flower Capital, so that those people would feed on them, to ensure that continued to laugh and could no longer complain about their condition. In the same year, Tama met the Pirates of Spades. Orochi later started having business with CP0. And this is why the Kurozumi family hated Onigashima, and if they could not rule over it, they would rather see it destroyed.
